Islamicate Sexualities: Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire (Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs) - Softcover

Babayan; Kathryn

 
9780674032040: Islamicate Sexualities: Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire (Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0674032047 ISBN 13: 9780674032040
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Islamicate Sexualities: Translations across Temporal Geographies of Desire explores different genealogies of sexuality and questions some of the theoretical emphases and epistemic assumptions affecting current histories of sexuality. Concerned with the dynamic interplay between cultural constructions of gender and sexuality, the anthology moves across disciplinary fields, integrating literary criticism with social and cultural history, and establishes a dialogue between historians (Kathryn Babayan, Frédéric Lagrange, Afsaneh Najmabadi, and Everett Rowson), comparative literary scholars (Sahar Amer and Leyla Rouhi), and critical theorists of sexualities (Valerie Traub, Brad Epps, and Dina al-Kassim).

As a whole, the anthology challenges Middle Eastern Studies with questions that have arisen in recent studies of sexualities, bringing into conversation Euro-American scholarship of sexuality with that of scholars engaged in studies of sexualities across a vast cultural (Iberian, Arabic, and Iranian) and temporal field (from the tenth century to the medieval and the modern).

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About the Authors

Kathryn Babayan is Assistant Professor of Iranian History and Culture at the University of Michigan.

Afsaneh Najmabadi is Professor of History and Women’s Studies, Harvard University.

Brad Epps is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674032047
ISBN 13 
9780674032040
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
384